Reel.



A. F. RIETZEL.

REEL.

APPLICATION FILED umzz, 1910.

1,@86,71 4,, Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

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ADOLlH F. RIETZZEL, 0F CHARLESTOWN, RHOBE ISLAND; ASSIGNOB T0 WALLACE H. ROWE, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

LREEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

Application flied January 22, 1am. Serial No. 539,538.

Be it known that I, ADOLPH F..RIETZEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Charlestown, in the county of Washington and State of 'Rhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements in Reels, of which the following is a specificatlon.

My present invention relates to the construction of reels such as used for holding and shipping barbed or other wire or for: other purposes and more particularly relates to reels made up entirely of metal.

The object of my invention is to provide a metal reel for holding and shipping barbed or other wire which will be more simple in construction, more readily assembled, stronger and lighter in weight than the skeleton reels heretofore commonly employed and which will further be'proof against fire and rough handling as well as being capable of heavy loading without collapse.

A further object is to construct the various parts of sheet metal specially formed so that the reel will be very strong and rigid thereby decreasing the weight without re ducing the strength.

The invention consists in the novel construction of metal reel hereinafter more particularly described and then specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, Figure 1 is-a plan or side elevation of a completed reel constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line X X Fig, 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the-bars or lengths which 0 to make up the reel body in its preferred orm. Fig. 4. is an enlarged section on the line Y Y Fig. 2 showing the parts in position before welding. Fig. 5 is an end elevation showin a modification in connection with the rec arms. Fig.6 is a plan or side elevation of a modified form of reel constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 7' is a detached view of a part of one of the bars of the reel body shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 9 is a section taken on the line Z Z Fig. 6 and shows the parts before welding.

The side members or arms of the neel are constructed of metal strips 1, 1 provided with ridges or'flanges which by preference take the form of troughor channel-shaped metal in cross-section. The strips of ridged metal 1, 1 are preferably placed to intersect each other at or about the axis of the reel with the ridges or flanges of one bearing against the ridges or flanges of the other and in this position are welded to ily understood by those skilled in the elec-.

tric metal working art. The said welded portions are indicated at 2, the ridges or flanges of one strip biting to a greater or less extent into the ridges or flanges of the other due to the softening of the metal and the application of pressure in welding. By this construction a very strong union be tween the'arms is obtained, each st'ri being welded to the other at four separate points about the axis of the reel. Obviously, a generally troughor channel-shapedbar or strip having the advantages of the form illustrated might be otherwise formed without do arting from the spirit of the invention. he strips or arms 1, 1 are also provided with an opening 3 through the base of each channel where the two intersect each other and which provides for the insertion of the usual supporting spindle commonly employed to sustain the reel when Winding or unwind'in the wire therefrom and, as the base of the c annel pieces are spaced apart due to the flanges, a long bearing for the sp' die is obtai ed.

he body of t e reel or the drum portion upon which the wire is wound comprises a plurality of bars or 1 tbs of metal 4 disposed about the axis o the reel and parallel thereto, the ends of the bars or lengths of metal being secured to the lates or arms 1, 1. The said bars 4 are pre erably formed by bending the longitudinal edges of a strip of sheet metal to form a bar trough-slings:

in cr0ss-section. This trough-shaped might take various forms, the preferable one being shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 8 wherein the sheet metal strip is bent into a sub stantial V shape which requires but a. small amount of metal and is very rigid. The bottom of the trough is preferably rounded on its outer periphery and outwardly disposed from the axis of the reel whereby a rounded surface is presented to the projecting laterally from .the longitudinal flanges of the bars and by means of which the bars are secured to the end plates. Preferably these ears are secured by welding them to the face Ofythfl plates 1, 1, forming the arms of the reel by means of welding projections of localized area 6. The bars 4 are placed in position with the ears 5 butted against the projections 6 between suitable current-carrying electrodes, the current passing from one to the other 'and pressure applied'to complete the Weld,

all as well understood in the electric welding art. Obviously, the projections 6 might be formed either or both of the parts to be welded j- If desired, the arms 1, 1, might be also provided with radially disposed ribs or grooves Tto stiffen the same and the edge of the bars 4 between the ears 5, which span the ribs, welded direct to the plates as at 8, by means of the projection or localized area afforded by these ribs, although the ribs might stop short of the bars and not. be welded thereto.

It will be noted that the bars are welded to-the arms at each end at a number of separated points of weld and thereby a very strong union attained and when the edge of the bar is'welded to the rib, three points of weld are attained at each end.

If desified, each arm 1, 1, might be pro; vided with a number of ribs 7 as shown in Fig. 5 andthe ears Swelded to the arms by means of the welding projections afl'orded by these ribs.

Inithe modification shown in Fig. 6 and the following figures, the trough-shaped bars 'or lengths of metal 4.- forming the reel body or drum take the form of a channel having a base and side flanges, the ears 5 projecting laterally from the base and suitably secured to the reel arms 1, 1, as for instance by welding them to the face of the plate forming the reel arms in a similar manner to that described with reference to thereferred form.

T e arms are preferably constructed of channel .iron or steel on account of the convenience with which these can be formed or obtained-,but it will be understood that other strips might be emplo ed -wherein ridges or flanges are provide for readily Welding the arms to each other. The term channel iron or channeLShaped is herein used to'indicate an strip of metal provided with suitable ridges or flanges ,projecting therefrom and by which the crossing arms may be electrically welded to one another at a number of points about the axis of the reel.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a metal reel, reel arms consisting of ridged metal strips crossing each other with their ridges in contact and welded to each other by said ridges to form four points of welded union around the reel axis and a reel body comprising trough-shaped bars provided with laterally projecting ears, said bars being secured to said arms by said ea rs.

2. In a sheet metal reel, reel arms consisting of ridged metal strips crossing each other with their ridges in contact and weld ed to each other by said ridges to form four points of welded union around the reel axis and a reel body comprising trough-shaped I said bars being welded to said plates by said ribs.

4:. In a metal reel, reel arms consisting of channel-shaped strips of metal crossing each other with their flanges in contact and welded to each other by said flanges, said plates being also provided with a longitudinal rih intermediate its edges and a reel body comprising trough-shaped bars of metal having projecting ears adapted to span said ribs and welded to said arms by saidears, said bars being also welded direct on said ribs.

5. In a metal reel, reel arms consisting of channel-shaped strips of metal crossing each other with their flanges in contact and welded to each other by said flanges to form four ints of welded union around the reel axis and a reel body comprising trough-shaped bars of metal having laterally projecting ears, said bars being secured to said arms by said ears and the end of the bars.

6. In a metal reel, reel arms consisting of channel-shaped metal 'strips crossing each other with their flanges in contact and welded to each other by said flanges to form four of January A. D. 1910.

ADOLPH F. RIETZEL. Witnesses:

IRENE LEFKoWsKY, EDWARD M. JELLINEK. 

